Part 6

World War 1 was a perfect storm. A system designed to keep the peace did not work out as planned. "The out break of that war was something of an accident, and that none of the major state plan or predicted the Archduke assassination or deliberately sought a prolonged conflict, but the system of rigid made Europe vulnerable to that kind of accident."(Strayer p 984). Ive noticed a pattern during this journey of world history. That is, it only takes one action small or big that can create conflict with a few individuals or cause a World War. One thing I did learn was why Mother's Day was created. It was created to encourage women to go back to work and not compete with men in the work place. "Women were urged to leave factory work and return to their homes where they would not compete for “men’s jobs.” French authorities proclaimed Mother’s Day as a new holiday designed to encourage childbearing and thus replace the millions lost in the war." (Strayer p.988)

ch 23

Globalization:  It's funny to mecalling a 800 number for product customer service line and the person that answers is halfway across the world. I think to myself how can you help me halfway across the world? That's surely a sign of globalization.  Thanks to technology things happen quicker and can reach millions with a push of a button. "Technology also contributed to the acceleration of economic globalization. Containerized shipping, huge oil tankers, an air express services dramatically lowered transportation costs, while fiber optic cables and later the internet provided the communication infrastructure for global economic interaction." (Strayer 1139). This is our modern day silk & sea roads. Products are reaching an abundant amount of people fast. As technology grows its goal is to make life easier & run smoother but sometimes it doesn't work out. For example, since we as Americans have a lot of our manufacturers overseas if there's a glitch in the system it makes it harder to receive our products. Another argument is the outsourcing takes spikes the unemployment rates.  If a manufactor desides to move overseas, then the current employees are out of luck.

Ch 2

I've always had a fascination with Egypt.  The pyramids have always interest me & I have a strong desire to see them in the near future.  Its hard to talk about Egypt without mentioning Egypt and the Nile river.  To this current day, its a mystery how the pyramids were constructed.  One of the theory is that slaves endured the harsh labor of construction.  I remember when I was younger  my father took me to the Discovery Museum to see a documentary "The Mysteries of Egypt".  The film started with the Nile River rushing north and fanned out to beautiful scenery.  In the film they challenged the theory of  that slave labor was used to build the pyramids.  The archaeologist said that there were not any signs of physical abuse on slaves body that would indicate abuse. That opened my fascination with Egypt even further because that gave me another angle to view things.




Although Strayer touches the subject of slavery in early civilization, he doesn't touch pyramid labor (at least yet). Strayer does touch on how the early Egyptians made an efficient lifestyle for themselves.   The Nile River was an exceptional resource for the Egyptians.  For thousands of years Egypt depended on the Nile for their agriculture.  As illustrated in the book, "Egypt, by contrast, created a more sustainable agricultural system, which lasted for thousands of years and contributed to the remarkable continuity of its civilization." (Page 82). Its amazing how a little change (in this case a big change) can have an effect on livelihood.  The Egyptians depended on the Nile to flow properly because they depended on wheat and barley.  Once the Nile went back to back with out flowing properly,  it started a domino effect in changes.  The pharaoh promised proper flooding of the Nile but nature had other plans. Since the promise of the pharaoh was broken, the Egyptians lost faith.  That's similar to our modern day society.  When our leaders don't make due of their promises, society will loose faith and stop voting or seek different leadership.